Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
Can anyone tell me what formats /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp56k, /dev/audio, etc. expect? It seems that I can copy a WAV format file directly to /dev/dsp and get recognizable sound. I wonder just what format they actually expect.
/dev/audio used to accept µ-law encoding, /dev/dsp accepts raw pcm as configured via ioctl. The device doesn't evaluate any WAV header.
Thanks! So, if I want to use sox, I can specify the output to be /dev/dsp and raw, and the input format to be whatever corresponds.
Mike